Osprey reappeared near the end of their six hours, informing us that two of the team (Liam and Mike) were suffering from dodgy stomachs. They made a decision to spend the night sleeping at midcamp, and review the situation in the morning. (Rachel and Mark were later spotted briefly in the bar across the road ...)
securify bounced out of their tent about an hour before their departure time, looking pretty good. The boys had all had their stings retreated when they arrived at midcamp; Jerry & Dave had been unable to sleep at all the night before due to the pain. But now they reported that their limbs felt much better; yay. They loaded up their wheelbarrow and headed off into the night, leaving at 21:01.
Nga Rakau were the first team we saw who opted to blow up their boats before loading them on the wheelbarrow. And a good decision it was too, as one of them had a hole. A quick swap, a certain amount of messing round trying to get the balance on the wheelbarrow right, and they left at about 22:19.
One of the cameramen followed the 2nd to 5th teams with their wheelbarrows for quite a way up the road ... he reported that Marcel ran/jogged the first 6km. Legend! From the glimpses of the tracking we've had, it looks like they've reduced the gap to Blackheart by at least a bit. (Although another cameraman reported that Blackheart ran with their barrow as well).
And I must mention alpineepic as well ... those guys still all look great. Sophie still suffering from the stings a bit I think. Apparently the water touching the stingy bits isn't so good, hope the kayak isn't too bad...
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